Man of the week

Bahrain coach Peter Taylor – backing the nation's right to host Formula One despite its no-nonsense approach to pro-democracy protests: "I apologise to anybody if I'm missing the point, but for me sport should rise above it. That's the beauty of sport: it brings people together." Plus: asked about the nation's record for arresting and torturing up to 150 sports people last year, including three of his players: "Don't go there. You're getting boring."

War on racism: latest

£11k: The Russian FA's fine for Spartak Moscow's Emmanuel Emenike last month after he reacted to racist abuse with a gesture breaching the FA's ethics code against "all forms of coarseness and bad manners". £2k: Russian FA's fine for Zenit St Petersburg this month for more racist chanting by fans.

Meanwhile

Italy: Lazio coach Edy Reja, asked by the press about defender Stefan Radu's apparent Nazi salute to fans: "It's meaningless to ask about this: the guy doesn't even know what fascism is. If you talk to him, you'll realise that. You people always criticise Lazio [over this issue]. I don't understand why."

Plus: quote of the week

Poland: Staff at a stall trading next to the official Widzew Lodz club shop, selling shirts with slogans including "Jew hunters" and "This is Widzew turf: Jews forbidden", interviewed by local media: "These items sell well and make a decent profit. What's wrong with that? This is a media witchhunt."

Other news: Marin

Settling in as Brazil's new FA head: José Maria Marin, 79 – denying he plans to "use his charm" to win over internal critics. "Wait, you journalists say I'm getting cosy with them? I'm away from home a whole month and you say I'm doing 'favours' for men? No. Favours are what I give my wife, when I've got the time."

Last week's moves

• Italy: 14 March, Albinoleffe president Gianfranco Andreoletti on coach Valter Salvioni: "Will I sack him? Of course I won't. I'm not even thinking about it, and I have no regrets about hiring him. Salvioni is the right man for us: he carries none of the blame." 7 April: Sacks him.

• Germany: 1 April: Cologne president Werner Wolf on coach Stale Solbakken: "We are convinced, after a string of intensive talks, that we can turn the corner with Stale Solbakken." 13 April: Turns corner without him.

• Plus, Brazil: 1 April, Náutico president Paulo Wanderley on coach Waldemar Lemos. "It is definitely time to end this talk about Lemos. He is our guy. It's simply not going to happen that he is made to leave." 7 April: It does.

Dalglish: next move

Bulgaria: Minyor Pernik president Nikifor Vangelov says he'll withdraw all senior players from their next match due to the "pathetic, dark" referee conspiracy against his club. "The authorities will feel my force. We will field a team of adolescent boys, all wearing black ribbons. I'm sick of our ritual slaughter."

Trouble brewing

UAE, 2011: Al -Wasl coach Diego Maradona fined £1,600 for calling Al-Ain coach Cosmin Olaroiu "quite rude" for teasing him about past drug use and his dress sense. 2012: Maradona reflects on the incident. "He's just a very rude person, really impolite. He even offered to shake hands with me after my mother died, but I totally refused. I do not shake hands with rude people."

Gigi's week

Romania: Steaua owner Gigi Becali, asked if he plans to back down after referee Cristian Balaj sued for libel, unhappy at being called "a thief who must be jailed". Becali: "Serious? He wants €500,000 damages? I'll give him 500 blows over the head with a stick, right in front of the judges."

Impulse news

Spain: Toledo's Roberto Encinas says he feels "shy and embarrassed" about footage of him celebrating a goal by "accidentally hugging the referee". "It was so quick, I didn't realise who he was. He said: 'What are you doing?' I said: 'Sorry, sorry, really sorry.' It's been difficult for me. In training on Monday, whenever I passed to anyone, they stopped and asked if I wanted a hug. Then they all hugged me. It's a bit much."

Plus: love

Argentina: Claudio Caniggia's wife Mariana Nannis on her life in football. "There are two reasons a woman selects a footballer: for love or for money. I, however, chose both. I have over 200 dresses that I never even wear. One must keep up with fashion." (19-year-old daughter Charlotte: "I'm still too young to know whether I shall marry a footballer. I don't like Spaniards. I like Italians, Argentinians. A man must dress well, that's fundamental. Without that, and a Ferrari, there is nothing.")